---
title: Disposable Email Detector
slug: detect-disposable-email
url: https://apyverse.com/apyhub/service/detect-disposable-email
provider: ApyHub
categories: [Data Validation, Marketing, "Security & Privacy"]
tags: [disposable-email, email-validation, fraud-prevention, domain-reputation, signup-security]
auth: api_key
---

# Disposable Email Detector

Check an email address for disposable-domain signals and a confidence score. Filter throwaway signups using MX, blocklist, entropy, and domain age data.

## Endpoints

| Method | Path | Description | Atoms |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| POST | `` | What it does Checks whether an email address appears to be disposable and returns a confidence scor… | 10 |

## About

## What it does
Disposable Email Detector checks an email address and returns signals you can use to decide whether it looks temporary or risky. Send an `email` in the request body, and get back a `confidence_score` plus a set of detection signals for the domain.

Use the returned `signals` to inspect whether the domain appears on a `blocklist`, whether it has `disposable_mx` characteristics, whether it has `has_mx_records`, and how old the domain is in `domain_age_days`. The response also includes an `entropy_score` for the domain label, which can help flag randomly generated or low-quality domains.

This is useful when you want to reduce fake signups, filter throwaway addresses in lead capture forms, or add an extra risk check before sending account verification or marketing email. Keep your own policy on top of the score: a single signal may not be enough, but the combined `confidence_score` gives you a compact disposable-email assessment.

If you need a fast validation step in a signup, onboarding, or abuse-prevention flow, Disposable Email Detector gives you structured signals without forcing you to inspect DNS and registration data yourself.

## Usage

Authenticate with an ApyHub API key in the `apy-token` header.
Full docs and a live playground: https://apyverse.com/apyhub/service/detect-disposable-email